Hugh Jackman reprises his role as a clawed, troubled superhero in "The Wolverine."
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY

Hugh Jackman assumes his superhero role as Wolverine, the X-Men's favorite berserker, for a sixth time in director James Mangold's The Wolverine (due out July 26). And by the looks of the first trailer, his second solo film takes Wolverine to Japan for a noir-like adventure with lots of ninjas and a fight on a speeding train.

Seemingly retired and settling for the occasional bar fight - but with the same impressive mutton chops - Wolverine is convinced to head to the Far East by a mysterious woman named Yukio (Rila Fukushima) to meet with an old man whom Wolverine had ...